# respirar
## Asturian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin respīrāre.

### Verb

respirar (first-person singular indicative present respiro, past participle respiráu)
* to breathe
    Synonym: alendar

#### Related terms

* respiratoriu

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin respīrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rəs.piˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [res.piˈɾaɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

respirar (first-person singular present respiro, first-person singular preterite respirí, past participle respirat)
* to breathe

#### Derived terms

* respirador

### References

* “respirar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “respirar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “respirar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “respirar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin respīrāre.

### Verb

respirar (first-person singular present respiro, first-person singular preterite respirei, past participle respirado)
* to breathe

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* respirable
* respiración
* respiradoiro
* respirador
* respiratorio
* respiro

### Further reading

* “respirar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English respire, French respirer, German respirieren, Italian respirare, Spanish respirar, from Latin respīrō. Compare Esperanto spiri.

### Verb

respirar (present tense respiras, past tense respiris, future tense respiros, imperative respirez, conditional respirus)
* (transitive, intransitive) to breathe

#### Conjugation
## Italian
### Verb

respirar (apocopated)
* Apocopic form of respirare

## Ladino
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish respirar, from Latin respīrāre. Cognate with English respire.

### Verb

respirar (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ריספיראר)
* (transitive, intransitive) to breathe (draw in air and let it out)
** 2018, Laura Papo Bohoreta, edited by María José Cano, Nela Kovačević, La mujer sefardí‎, Editorial Universidad de Granada, →ISBN, page 86:I alora estos dos, tan mansevos, ja espozos, đenitores, respiravan un poko mas kontentes!So these two, being young, now married fathers, breathed a little more easily!
* (figurative, reflexive) to be inspirational
** 1987, Aki Yerushalayim‎, numbers 32-40, page 43:Veo las fachas koreladas de la kalor del karvon i del eksitamiento por las muevas — viejas konsejas ke se gostavan, ke se respiravan i se azian muestras.I see the faces red from heated coal and excited by the news — old tales that were pleasing, inspirational and becoming ours.

#### Conjugation
### References

* ↑ “respirar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan respirar, from Latin respīrāre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

respirar
* to breathe

#### Related terms

* respiracion

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin respīrāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁes.piˈɾa(ʁ)/ [hes.piˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁes.piˈɾa(ʁ)/ [hes.piˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁes.piˈɾa(ɾ)/ [hes.piˈɾa(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁeʃ.piˈɾa(ʁ)/ [χeʃ.piˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁes.piˈɾa(ɻ)/ [hes.piˈɾa(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨʃ.piˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨʃ.piˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨʃ.piˈɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: res‧pi‧rar

### Verb

respirar (first-person singular present respiro, first-person singular preterite respirei, past participle respirado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to breathe
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* respirador

#### Related terms

* aspirar
* conspirar
* espirar
* expirar
* inspirar
* respirabilidade
* respiração
* respiráculo
* respiradouro
* respiratório
* respirável
* suspirar

### Further reading

* “respirar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “respirar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “respirar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “respirar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “respirar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “respirar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* respirer (Puter)

### Etymology

From Latin respīrō, respīrāre.

### Verb

respirar
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) to breathe

#### Synonyms

* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) fladar
* (Rumantsch Grischun) trair flad, trair il flad
* (Sursilvan) trer flad
* (Sutsilvan) trer flo
* (Surmiran) trer igl flo
* (Puter) trer fled, trer il fled
* (Vallader) trar il flà

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish respirar, from Latin respīrāre. Cognate with English respire.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /respiˈɾaɾ/ [res.piˈɾaɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: res‧pi‧rar

### Verb

respirar (first-person singular present respiro, first-person singular preterite respiré, past participle respirado)
* to breathe

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* espirar
* respiración
* respirador
* respiratorio

### Further reading

* “respirar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10